Hollering for Change: Conversation with the Rev. Candace Lewis

March 30, 2023 | SEVERNA PARK, Md. (UM News)

Zoom video courtesy of the Rev. Butler, via YouTube.

Hollering for Change is the name of a series of commentaries by The Rev. Dr. Tori Butler for United Methodist News. Graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

The “Hollering for Change” series continues to look at women “firsts” in the denomination. In the fourth installment, the Rev. Dr. Tori Butler speaks with the Rev. Candace Lewis, the first woman president-dean of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta.

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